Surveying the Environment 



interests so as to complement and reinforce private research and engineering 

 in the marine environment in the seventies. 



Planning for ocean exploration will include programs for United 

 States participation in international ocean exploration activities discussed 

 in Chapter II. Through this international effort, nations can join in co- 

 operative studies of the seas and their resources, with the derived knowledge 

 shared fully among them. A technically sound program should attract broad 

 participation within a framework of world-ocean surveys, regional surveys, 

 and related problem-oriented research studies. Only a few nations have 

 sufficient technical resources to conduct ocean-wide surveys, but many 

 nations could participate in regional or local projects utilizing surveying 

 technologies developed in other sectors of the program. 



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